MIRPUR: Describing Zakat as an important pillar of Islam the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan said that no-doubt ‘Zakat’ (Almsgiving) was a means of purifying wealth but its transparent and fair distribution was a big challenge to fulfill. The AJK PM expressed these views while addressing departmental briefing arranged […]

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz on Sunday reviewed the proposed programme of installing solar water plants in remote areas of Cholistan. He was presiding over a meeting in Model Town in which Commissioner Bahawalpur division gave a briefing with regard to installing solar water plants in Cholistan. The proposed project to increase rain in […]

RAWALPINDI: The security forces on Sunday killed six terrorists of the banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) during an operation based on information of presence of terrorists in general area Central Makran Mountain Range, near Paroom, Balochistan. The security forces conducted an operation to apprehend the terrorists, said an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) news release […]

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is all set to stage countrywide protest against rising inflation in line with former prime minister Imran Khan’s call for “peaceful demonstrations”. PTI chief and ex-PM Imran urged the people earlier this week to take to the streets on Sunday (today) to stage a “peaceful demonstration” against rising inflation, particularly the massive increase in […]

  MIRPURKHAS: Police on Sunday have barred Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers from installing a screen at Office Chowk, Mirpurkhas for a live telecast of Imran Khan’s address, sources reported. PTI chairman Imran Khan has given a countrywide protest call against increasing inflation during the incumbent government tenure. PTI Mirpurkhas vice president Aftab Qureshi said that the […]

RAWALPINDI: All the markets, business centers, and shopping malls in Rawalpindi division like other parts of Punjab would close at 9 pm from Monday. The Punjab government as part of an energy conservation plan has decided to close markets at 9 pm and a notification in this regard has been issued. According to a notification, […]

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja has directed Inspector General Police Punjab to conduct an impartial inquiry of firing incident in PP-167 by- election (Lahore) and to take strict action against all those responsible for the violence and submit a report to the Election Commission. Taking notice about the firing and violence incident […]

SWAT: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs Engineer Amir Muqam on Sunday said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) came to power and formed government just to save the country from bankruptcy. Addressing a public gathering, after inaugurating two feeders here at Madyan, Amir Muqam said that the poor economic and financial […]

MULTAN: A social media video (TikTok) of an alleged outlaw, arrested in rape case, went viral and local citizen expressed concerns over the compromised security of the outlaw in lockup. According to police and local people, an alleged outlaw namely Muhammad Kamran son of Allah Dittah resident of Patni in limits of Khangarh police station […]

UNITED NATIONS: In a blatant misuse of Its UN Security Council’s membership, India has blocked a proposal to proscribe an Indian national, Gobinda Patnaik Duggivalasa, by a 15-member body’s panel, known as the 1267 Sanctions Committee, according to the informed sources. The Committee procedures require consent of all Council members to accept a listing request. […]

QUETTA: On the directives of Federal Ombudsman, the local bank immediately paid the cheque to a citizen who could not be able to withdraw money after using ATM card. A citizen of Quetta had filed a petition before the office of the Federal Ombudsman that after using ATM of the bank, he did not get […]

ISLAMABAD: Torrential rains are expected in the country from June 20 (Monday) night to June 22 (Wednesday) as a result of a strong weather system entering the upper and central parts of the country on Monday. This was revealed by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Sunday through issuing an advisory to keep the relevant […]

BAMAKO: A UN peacekeeper was killed by a mine Sunday in restive northern Mali as he was participating in a patrol, the head of the UN’s MINUSMA Mali force El Ghassim Wane tweeted. The peacekeeper was part of the Guinean contingent in MINUSMA, a MINUSMA official told AFP on condition of anonymity. “He was first […]

ATHENS: More than 100 migrants were rescued early Sunday off the island of Mykonos in the Aegean Sea and four are missing, the Greek coastguard said. “A large-scale rescue operation of migrants is underway from late Saturday two miles south of the island of Delos. So far 108 migrants have been rescued, while according to […]

ISLAMABAD: Teachers working in educational institutions under the Federal Directorate of Education have demanded a higher time scale. According to an official source, over 82 male and female teachers including Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors working in 32 colleges under FDE have demanded to upgrade their position through time scale from BPS-18 to BPS-19, […]

ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi has returned the Elections (Amendment) EVM/OP bill 2022 unsigned after citing certain reasons and recording his observations. The president said that he had been pursuing the issue of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Overseas Pakistanis Voting (OP) with all the governments, in the parliament, as well as at the Supreme […]

  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed for the launch of a national initiative of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training throughout the country. In this connection, the prime minister has issued direction to PM’s Strategic Reforms to immediately launch the initiative, head of PM’s Strategic Reforms Salman Sufi said in a press statement on […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Sunday that that the people of Pakistan have rejected the negative politics of Imran Khan and his call for agitation would prove a miserable flop. In a tweet in response to former prime minister Imran Khan’s call of protest on Sunday night, she said that […]

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday while welcoming Financial Action Task Force’s unanimous acknowledgment of completion of action plans, reaffirmed that the government of Pakistan was committed to continue this positive trajectory of reforming the financial sector as part of its larger strategic objective of strengthening the economy. The foreign minister, in a […]

RAWALPINDI: District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood on Sunday informed that as many as 64 FIRs had been registered on violations of anti-dengue SOPs from January 1 to June 18, 2022. Giving details of the punitive actions, the health officer told APP that the district health authority had sealed 92 premises, […]

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has asked the people cheated by illegal housing scheme’s management, companies, individuals to submit their complaints/compensation claims by July 20 for getting back their looted money. According to an announcement of NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the bureau was conducting investigations against Messers Qartaba Model Town, Peshawar,on the allegations of […]

The current economic situation can be blamed on the previous government wholly and completely. In October of 2021, petrol prices started rising which eventually became the cause of the incremental inflation that the country is currently facing. Due to the poor regulation of the sugar industry, sugar prices also started rising among other staples. The […]

Federal Minister for Commerce, Syed Naveed Qamar on Saturday said that connecting Pakistan to the global supply value chain was a major challenge that the government was constantly working on. Pakistan’s trade can be enhanced by connecting our trade system to the global supply chain, he said. The Minister led the delegation from Pakistan comprising […]

The price of 24 karat per 10-gram gold witnessed an increase of Rs300 and was sold at Rs145,800 on Saturday against its sale at Rs145,500 the previous day in the local market. The price of 10-gram 24 karat gold also increased by Rs258 and was sold at Rs125,000 against its sale at Rs124,742 whereas the […]

The United Business Group of the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Friday urged the government to lower the interest rate, check dollar costs and cut petroleum prices to beef up the fragile economy in the wake of swirling global inflation. Presiding over a high-level meeting of the group, Chairman FPCCI […]

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote agricultural cooperation between Pakistan and China at an online ceremony held in Beijing and Kunming. Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque, and President of YAAS, Dr. Jihua Wang signed the MoU. Speaking on the […]

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded the “Excellence Award” to Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) for installation of solar panel in more than 8000 schools and 187 basic health units in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In a statement issued by PEDO here on Saturday, Secretary Energy and Power Syed Imtiaz Hussain Shah said that KP Government […]

OIL prices tumbled about 6pc to a 4-week low on Friday (Jun 17) on worries that interest rate hikes by major central banks could slow the global economy and cut demand for energy. Also pressuring prices, the US dollar this week rose to its highest level since December 2002 against a basket of currencies, making […]

Stock markets wobbled and oil prices sank on Friday amid growing fears that inflation-fighting interest rate hikes by central banks could trigger recession. Investors were shaken this week after the US Federal Reserve unleashed its biggest hike in borrowing costs for almost 30 years to tackle red-hot consumer prices. The third Fed increase was followed […]

Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Rubaba Khan Buledi on Saturday praised the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for taking measures to provide business opportunities to women at the domestic level. “The traditional education and provision of training to women could move them towards financial self-reliance in the economic field which […]

Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) is ready to provide direct funding to the research projects of pharmaceutical industry in collaboration with Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI). The funding would help it resolve its key issues and achieve better growth, said Prof. Dr. Shahid Mehmood Baig, Chairman PSF while addressing the representatives of local pharmaceutical […]

Amendment to the constitution by referendum is a basic practice of direct democracy. This process ensures public participation in decision making important to both the state and citizens. Well before referendum on June 05, 2022, President of Kazakhstan, Mr. Kasim Tokayev stated in his address to the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan, “We are moving to […]

SHANGHAI: Shanghai authorities on Saturday announced an investigation into a massive chemical plant blaze that left one person dead and another injured in the first major industrial accident since the city lifted lockdown in early June. The fire at a Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. plant in outlying Jinshan district broke out at around dawn on […]

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) Punjab on Saturday lauded the efforts made by the federal government for removing the country from the grey list of Financial Action Task Force (FATF). ANP Punjab General Secretary Amir Bahadur Hoti in a statement issued here said the government had ensured fulfillment of all FATF requirements in order to […]

Sylhet, Bangladesh: Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials said Saturday. Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity, and unpredictability. Relentless downpours over the […]

GILGIT: President Dr. Arif Alvi has underlined the need to explore further avenues for the development of Gilgit Baltistan as the prolific region was gifted with huge tourism opportunities. During a meeting with the members of the Gilgit Baltistan assembly the other day, the president expressed his optimism about Pakistan’s progress and development and cited […]

  After a conflict between prisoners and police, the building of the Central Jail Rarha, Muzaffarabad in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) caught fire on Saturday, leading fire department units to rush to the area to put it out. According to news sources, the altercation erupted during a police search for detainees Several convicts were […]

  AMSTELVEEN: England broke their own world record for the highest team total in One-day International history after they smashed 498-4 in 50 overs against a hapless Netherlands side to win a one-sided contest by 232 runs here at the VRA Cricket Ground on Friday. Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan and Phil Salt notched up centuries […]

  SYLHET, BANGLADESH: Monsoon storms in Bangladesh have killed at least 25 people and unleashed devastating floods that left more than four million others stranded, officials said Saturday. Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredictability. Relentless downpours over […]

Karachi court ordered a post-mortem examination of TV anchor and former PTI MNA Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain’s corpse on Saturday. Aamir Liaquat’s heirs had previously said that they did not want the body to be post-mortem. After hearing both parties, Judicial Magistrate Wazir Hussain Memon of Karachi (West) withheld his judgement earlier Saturday but subsequently […]

Though the Indian ruling party suspended two of its leaders over derogatory remarks to show its contrite face to the world, yet the Narendra Modi regime contrarily continues to demolish Muslim activists’ houses to pursue its ideology of Hindu supremacy. Following the blasphemous remarks in a television debate by the BJP leader Nupur Sharma, the […]

  ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi on Thursday called for resolving the grievances of more than 9 million overseas Pakistanis, who are not only helping their families back at home. He said they were also taking part in the socio-economic development of Pakistan by remitting around 30 billion dollars annually to the country.   […]

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Human Rights on Saturday declared the protection and promotion of human rights as a cornerstone of Pakistan’s domestic policy. An official of the Ministry informed APP that Pakistan has ratified several key international human rights instruments, which have been transposed into the domestic regime through a wide variety of Federal and […]

Former energy minister Hammad Azhar said on Saturday that India’s involvement has traditionally been negative anytime the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) examined Pakistan’s efforts in combatting terrorism and reducing money laundering, which the previous PTI administration underlined. “It was clear that India was attempting to utilize this platform for political objectives,” Azhar stated at […]

BEIJING: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote agricultural cooperation between Pakistan and China at an online ceremony held in Beijing and Kunming.  Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque, and President of YAAS, Dr. Jihua Wang signed the MoU.  Speaking on […]

ISLAMABAD: On Saturday, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar reiterated Pakistan’s cooperation with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the international community was based on the country’s strategic goal of strengthening its economy and further integrating into the global financial system. Addressing a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]

NEW YORK: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has fired several employees behind a letter critical of the outspoken billionaire’s public behaviour, the aerospace firm said in a message to staff confirmed by AFP on Friday. A “small group” of employees sought their colleagues’ signatures in a show of support for the letter and participation in a survey, […]

KABUL: Gunmen stormed a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Saturday, lobbing at least one grenade and wounding two people, the interior ministry and witnesses said. While the number of bombings has dropped across the country since the Taliban seized power in August, several fatal attacks have rocked the country in recent months. “I heard […]

LAHORE: To deal with the energy crisis Punjab has also chosen to follow Sindh’s suit and implement an energy conservation strategy to alleviate the power problem. According to reliable sources, the authorities have completed talks with trade associations and chambers of business. The execution of the energy-saving strategy will begin the following week, according to […]

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar stated that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has acknowledged Pakistan’s completion of both action plans and that the credit goes to the state rather than any political party. Hina Rabbani Khar, speaking at a news conference in Islamabad on Saturday, said Pakistan is now “one […]